Portable Power Station
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Just ordered this. 
Crappieaddict
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Ordered. Thanks!
Hmmm. I get delivery by the 2nd tho. 
Got mine today.
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Can you use it to get your Prius a few more miles down the road to a charger?
Prius is hybrid. It can drive coast to coast. Only more fuel efficiently.
First impression? I ordered the one from Amazon and it's supposed to be here tomorrow. Figured it would be great for charging phone and laptop when needed at camp.
Prius is hybrid. It can drive coast to coast. Only more fuel efficiently.
Not unless they've changed. The Prius of 10 years ago only got about 25 MPG on the ICE. So if you're driving coast to coast, after your first couple of hundred of miles your gas mileage is not going to be good.
I have a 2010. I drive it to Tampa 4x a year averaging 46-48mpg. That mpg is typical for the third gen Prius. Some guys that run mpg specific tires and custom tunes average 52mpg highway miles. No idea where your numbers came from
I'll add^^^ mine has 220,000 miles on the original battery (and all other major mechanicals)
Co-worker that had a Prius C and drove R/T to Nebraska twice; probably somewhere in the 2004-2008 time range (so 15-20 years ago)? He still drove it locally, but those two trips broke him from driving it long distance.
Something's wrong with your info. Prius C was released in the US in 2012
OK, then it was later or I have the model wrong. Doesn't change his experience or his unhappiness. I've slept a few times since then.
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I was doing some searches, and it may be because it was winter in a cold environment (Nebraska is a heckuva lot colder than here)? Saw quite a few statements on Reddit that 25MPG was typical "real" winter mileage in the upper midwest.
Man… I'm really not trying to argue… but this whole back and forth is based on a generic misunderstanding of the hybrid car. The Prius by design is one of the most efficient vehicles ever put on the road even without the hybrid system. If you completely removed the battery it would still be more fuel efficient than every vehicle of the era Toyota produced barring one: the manual transmission Toyota Yaris. If it gets worse fuel mileage in cold conditions… then so do other cars/trucks. It is not a fault or flaw in the hybrid system. Even if the hybrid system contributes near nothing due to "cold" or "malfunction", it is still extremely fuel efficient. It is not underpowered by some tiny engine that makes no power… the third gen has a 1.8L that makes 130hp by itself. Is it the best pick for frigid climate? Probably not. Did someone replace it with a Camry and get better fuel economy due to cold weather? Near impossible.
Man... I don't know why you're trying to argue... nowhere did I say anything negative about hybrid cars per se. I was noting that the only person I know who owns/owned an older Prius did not get great mileage... Lay off the caffeine, man.
I've got a coworker with 3 Prius's of various years. I think the oldest gets around 45mpg and the newest around 60, I think. Not a great looking car but seems to be reliable and gets the job done.
